CLA Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. ThompsonCLAHunter S. Thompson is an admittedly acquired taste. But most of all he's a cautionary tale about turning the written word into bad cinema. As puerile as Where the Buffalo Roam was, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was the sort of movie that demands punishment for its creators.
Paperback, 1998
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Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics
Paul R. EhrlichCLA"Biologist Paul Erlich [sic] says that our current way of life is unsustainable." It turns out, however, that Paul R. Ehrlich's utterly debunked predictions were no obstacle to his ongoing career as an iconic pseudoscientific countercultural Casandra.
Paperback, 2024
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Babbitt
Sinclair LewisCLAIt makes sense that Marjorie Taylor Green would get around to talking about Babbitt again; I often harken back to Sinclair Lewis's deeply-flawed, agit-prop, semi-masterpiece when she is running her piehole.
Paperback, 1996
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Defense Acquisition Reform: Doing the Same Thing All Over Again
Zachary J. BuettnerCLAIngraham asked "Isn't this like, a warning sign flashing? Are we just going to keep doing the same thing all over again?" Yes, it is. Yes, y'all will. You didn't learn a blessed thing about underperforming Trumpy wackadoodles. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Paperback, 2012
$57.95$32.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo CollodiCLANot sure who needs to know this, but: "Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Which is in Italy.
Paperback, 2021
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Oliver SacksCLAOn one level, Twitter seems like a chapter from The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, if Oliver Sacks was deliberately fucking with people.
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Boss, Coworker or Manager Gift Idea
Toptrue PressCLAIngraham asked "Isn't this like, a warning sign flashing? Are we just going to keep doing the same thing all over again?" Yes, it is. Yes, y'all will. You didn't learn a blessed thing about underperforming Trumpy wackadoodles. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Paperback, 2018
$6.24$3.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Welcome to Dingburg: Zippy the Pinhead
Bill GriffithCLAI saw the misattributed version on Bill Griffith's website (he's the creator of Zippy the Pinhead, if the name isn't familiar). Now I'm left to speculate whether it was a wise joke on the misattribution and telephone game distortion of popular quotes, or just a lazy quote fuckup.
Paperback, 2008
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Babbitt
Sinclair LewisCLAIt makes sense that Marjorie Taylor Green would get around to talking about Babbitt again; I often harken back to Sinclair Lewis's deeply-flawed, agit-prop, semi-masterpiece when she is running her piehole.
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ItsCLAIt's funny when people determine the veracity of a self-report by its plausibility. Like we all live in a plausible, rational world.
Hardcover, 2016
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